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The Li'l Lizzy Hipster Messenger Bag
This bag measures about 9" high and about 7 1/2" wide. The strap is about 42". There is a zipper closure on the front. The bag is fully lined, and there are no exposed seams inside. There is a pocket...
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Sunflower Garden Newsboy Hat
2 commentsI fashioned this earthy hat from a vintage tablecloth, a McHat pattern, and embellished it with some buttons and my crazy quilting skills. The hat is mostly green, with the exception of the four...
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Spring Projects
2 commentsI'm busy doing some sewing for the grandkids. Fun and practical. I love getting their input on fabric or patterns.
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grandbabys quilt
3 commentsOur daughter doesnt want to know what she is having so this had to be gender netural. I didnt want to do a tradtional quilt where everything was in line.
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Elizabethan Rose
3 commentsJacket of blush silk dupioni is embellished with machine embroidery and machine quilting. The machine embroidery design is composed of several smaller designs that have been edited and manipulated in...
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Flamenco Rose Jacket and Purse
4 commentsThe jacket and purse are made of cerise red silk twill and embellishedwith machine embroidery, trapunto, free-motion quilting and handbeading. A quilting design from Amazing Designs Jumbo...
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ASH1194 Jungle Friends
You receive 20 individual designs - 10 Applique key tags and 10 Embroidery fill designs. We had so much fun creating these adorable friends and hope you will have too. Designs for the 4*4 amp...
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ASH1053 Daisy Scissor Pockets
This is a great "in-the-hoop" project...a must for every embroidery enthusiast! This collection has 4 different size pockets - for all your scissors from small to very large. The best featureyou...
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ASH0614 Quilt Like Crazy 01
Quilt blocks with a difference. Enjoy these fun applique quilt blocks. Build them to the size you require.Here are a few examples of what you can do with the designs you download. Contact me at...
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ASH1149 Zebra Eyeglass Case
You receive both slim and wide eyeglass cases. An all-In-The-Hoop Project! Only one (1) hooping necessary, so quick and easy. AST0018 Tutorial available.(*) Photo Tutorial Available...
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ASH1153 Butterfly Bun Warmer
A new and fun project for that dinner or breakfast table to keep your breadrolls warm - and who said it can`t look special as wel. Make your own Bun Warmer. Contact me at...
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ASH1132 Papillon Closet Organizer
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Ms. Pooh's Designers International Tradition Quilt
2 commentsThe story behind creating the Tradition Quilt is as follows: The Tradition Quilt In January of 2004 my mother succumbed to leukemia after being diagnosed about a year earliernbsp...
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Quilting
1 commentThis quilt was a collaborative project with my sister. We used batik cotton and amish black fabric. Each block was assembled and quilted individually and then the quilt was assembled.
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Baby girls red themed quilt
2 commentsThis is one of my very first projects, I'm new to this, so I know it all takes time but, I'm very happy the way it turned out, just hope my friend and her baby both like it. I used, red corduroy...
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Colonial Gown w/ Quilted Petticoat by Dollhouse Designs for American Girl Dolls
2 commentsThis is my favorite project so far. It's constructed of cotton print gown, Dupioni silk petticoat (underskirt), and various trims. Has 2 alternate "stomachers" or bodice fronts, made w/ snap...
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Blue & White Oriental Jacket
This lined Jacket is constructed from 3" wide vertical strips of tone on tone white cotton prints and has a dark blue bottom border and cuffs in a koi fish print, withnbspa...
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CATHEDRAL WINDOW JACKET
1 commentBlack Dupioni Silk sleeveless dress with Mauve Dupioni Silk Jacket. Jacket features machine quilted oriental designs in mauve threads and front bands of Cathedral Window Patchwork. Jacket...
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Txnsewlady
5 commentsThis is a crazy patch jacket made of all silk fabrics recycled from clothes. The squares are 8" squares backed with muslin and then decorated. The jacket is embellished with stitches on a...
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Tartan Fife the Jester
Each diamond was cut from a different tartan pieced together like a quilt and then the pattern pieces were cut out. Gold trim was sewn on every diamond seam by hand (on each side ) to make it lay...
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Yoda's new Padawan
My daughter had to clear out her collection of Yoda memorabilia to make way for the nursery. When her son was born in mid October, I surprised her with a Yoda costume for Ethan. At 14...
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Rolling Stone Quilt Reproduction Fabrics
1 commentHello! Newly finished quilt for my DH. We photographed at Sundance Ski Area to capture a rustic background to go with the vintage look of this quilt. The quilt is pieced in 100% cotton...
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Gingerbread Rag Quilt of My Own Design
4 commentsMost of These Fabrics are Out of Print. They are from Northcott, Designer, Sharon Reynold's - Tenderberry Stitches Line or Collection of Flannels Called: ''All Hearts Come Home...
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quilting
1 commentQuilt made from recycled jeans interspersed with music themed fabrics. Used as leg warmer at recent Seattle SeaHawks game. Had forgotten I'd made it for a birthday gift for my grandson at...
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Quilting
I came up with this design using an embroidry design on 12 in quilt squares for a quilt for my grand daughter.
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Cell Phone Purse
4 commentsAt my last quilt guild meeting we made these cute little cell phone purses that we will be selling at an upcoming art fair in our town. These purses have room in them for your cell phone...
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Gold Rush
5 commentsGold Rush Ensemble was a wearable art garment I made for a convention banquet. Being a knitter in recovery ( I had to give it up since quilting and sewing are my life) I had a large stash...
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Sewartsie's gallery
This is a quilt I saw and could not wait until the class to start, so I bought the book and did it myself. The pattern was great and it went together very well. It is my first quilt that I am hand...
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Simple sewing projects
These are my newest project. Not done as good as I would like to be but is a start for small wall hangings for children and anyone really. Two small plastic rings sewn to back for hanging ease...
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Nandi's Green Dress
4 commentsI made this dress from scraps of fabric in my stock. The lighter green fabric is 100% linen and the slightly darker green fabric is 50/50 cotton/linen. I had a lot of modular pieces so I sewed them...
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Linen safari dress
2 commentsInitially i wanted to try out the tips from Kennteth D. King book "Designer Bead Embroidery" book that i had just purchased. The safary theme came with the colour of the fabric i bought and this is...
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Linen Pointillist Jacket
3 commentsFor a long time I wanted to try a technique seen in Threads Sept. 1996 (!) a Pointillist Quilting article, showing uses for cobweb lace netting. I saved colorful Jinny Beyer cotton quitling...
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Amusement Pack Challenge
When challenged by a local quilt store to produce an item using only the fabric from a package of coordinating fabrics, I chose to make this vest. The package contained 1/2 yard of the poppy...
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Silk bucket bag
2 commentsThis bucket style handbag is from a Mary Jo Hiney pattern and uses her fabric packets, although it could certainly be made from your own scraps. I love a purse with a flat bottom so that it...
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AN ECO FRIENDLY GIFT FOR MOM THAT STITCHES UP IN A FLASH!!
1 commentThis is my Crafter's Pin Cushion. It is super easy to make and a lot of fun. It stitches up so quickly and you can create any type of design because the exterior fabric is cut feltnbsp...
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Emma's vintage tote
Large handbag using vintage quilt squares. The body of the bag is in linen, and the button is also made from vintage cotton. It is lined in a vintage sheet pattern.
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Doll Fashionistas Headed for Hollywood!
The Doll Loft is a family affair and my mother will be sitting in for me at a book event at my childhood library in Los Angeles! How cool is that??!! The book event will include a wide...
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New Doll Fashionistas and a SWEEPSTAKES!
3 commentsJOIN THE DOLL LOFT 'DOLL FASHIONISTA' SWEEPSTAKES! YOU CAN WIN A DOLL LOFT COMPLETE DOLL MAKING KIT or A COPY OF MY NEW BOOK DOLL FASHIONISTAS! My editor and I will select the winners at...
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Moonlight on Lake Champlain
1 commentThis is wall hanging combines free motion embroidery, applique and thread painting, using different fabrics, threads and stitching techniques to create depth and interest. The wall hanging...
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Precious Memories
1 commentQuilt made up of baby pics of three generations. Pics were converted to black & white and transfered to material blocks, then borders were added, and simple free-motion embroidery on border.
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